McLaren’s Lando Norris prolonged his championship lead over team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri to 24 factors with a dominant victory on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
However Norris’ second consecutive victory – which takes him almost a transparent win forward of Piastri with three grands prix remaining – was overshadowed by a outstanding restoration drive by Max Verstappen.
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The Pink Bull driver completed third, proper behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, after ranging from the pit lane and struggling an early puncture.
Verstappen, although, is now 49 factors behind Norris and possibly out of title competition.
Piastri completed fifth, difficult Mercedes’ George Russell in the identical means as Verstappen was on the again of Antonelli within the closing laps, after being given a 10-second penalty for inflicting a collision.
The principle storylines of a compelling race have been:
An outstanding weekend-long efficiency from Norris strikes him nearer to a primary world title
Verstappen’s extraordinary efficiency, which is able to go down as certainly one of his biggest drives
The obvious gradual dying of Piastri’s championship hopes within the second a part of the season.
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Behind chief Lando Norris, Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes is knocked off line after colliding with Oscar Piastri’s McLaren [Getty Images]
A rear view of the Mercedes of Antonelli and Ferrari of Charles Leclerc making contact, after Piastri initially hit the Italian [Getty Images]
Antonelli’s Mercedes and Leclerc’s stricken Ferrari off monitor after the collision [Getty Images]
